Device for securing railroad-rails



(No Model.)

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DEVICE FOR SECURING RAILROAD RAILS.

Patented Jan. 18, '1887. fi'yzl.

ilNiTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARVEY B. HALL, OF HOMER, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD TO PHILIP C.MASIER, OF SAME PLACE.

DEVICE FOR SECURING RAILROAD-RAILS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 356,404, dated January18, 1887 Application filed May 15,1886. Serial No. 202,288. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARVEY B. HALL, a citizen" of the United States,residing at Homer, in the county of (lhampaign and State of Illinois,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices forSecuring Railroad-Rails; and I dodeclare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to lettersor figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of a plan view. Fig.2isahorizontal section. Fig. 3 is a transverse section through one ofthe bolts. Figs. 4 and 5 represent detail views.

My invention relates to railroadchairs; and it consists in theconstruction and novel combination of parts, as hereinafter set forth,and pointed out in the claims.

Referring by letter to the accompanying drawings, A designates the baseof the chair, which is provided along one side with the in-. tegralinwardly-inclined and upwardly- 6X- tended cheek-piece B. At itsopposite side the baseof the chair is provided with integral raisedprojections O and D, which are provided on their upper faces withintegral ears or lugs D D, which have horizontal transverse bolt-holesE, which are threaded internally to receive the threaded headed bolts Gand H. These lugs or ears D D are provided in their outer faces,directly over the bolt-hole, with half-recesses I, which communicatewith the upper portions ofthe bolt-holes. The boltheads K' K arerectangular in form in outline, and are provided in their inner faceswith radial recesses L, eight in number, either of which may be broughtto register with the half-recesses I, so that a key, J, may be driveninto the seat formed by the union of a half-recess, L, with thehalf-recess L'to lock the bolt and prevent it from being turned by thejarring motion of a moving train or by accident in any other way whilethe key J is in place, and said key can only be removed by design.

P and Q designate the meeting ends of two railroadrails, and Rdesignates the base-flanges of said rails, the upper faces of saidflanges being inclined. V

S designates the webs of the rails, said webs being provided with holes'1 Ttwo near each end of the web-for the .reception of the pins T,projecting from the inner face of the fishbar U, the lower edge of whichis beveled to fit the incline of the basefianges of the rails. On itsouter face the fish plate or bar U is provided with integralbosses V V,against which the points of the headed threaded bolts hear when they areturned up to hold the fish-bar in place. The pins T do not fit the holes'I so tightly as to prevent expansion and contraction of the rails underheat and cold, the entire chair being affected by heat and cold the sameas the rails themselves are.

The chair rests'on a single tie, so that there is no giving down underthe weight of the train, as there would be were the chair rested on twoadjoining ties. By using this chair a practicallycontinuous rail isprovided.

Having described this invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1s-

l. The combination,with the baseplate having the integral inclinedcheek-piece at one side, and the threaded lugs at the other side uponits upper face, provided with half-recesses over their threadedbolt-holes, of the rails with pin-holes in their Webs, the fish-bar withpins projecting into said holes, and bosses on its outer face, and theheaded threaded bolts, and the key seated in the aligned recesses,substantially as specified.

2. The combination,with the base-plate having the integral inclinedcheek-piece at one side and the threaded lugs at theother side,

with half-recesses in their outer faces, of the headed'screw-bolt withradial half-recesses in the inner face of its head, and the key fittingtwo registering half-recesses, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HARVEY B. HALL. Witnesses:

E. STEARNS, A. S. MORRISON.

